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Ba

Ba

(bä)
,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. OF.
baer
to open the mouth, F.
bayer
.]
To kiss.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024

bá

bá

See also: ba, Ba, BA, and bā

Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bá

  1. to marry

References

  • Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, ISBN 3110207850)

Hungarian

Etymology

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaː]

Noun

bá ‎(plural bák)

  1. (informal) uncle
    Hogy van, Józsi bá?‎ ― How are you uncle Joe?

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bá bák
accusative bát bákat
dative bának báknak
instrumental bával bákkal
causal-final báért bákért
translative bává bákká
terminative báig bákig
essive-formal báként bákként
essive-modal — —
inessive bában bákban
superessive bán bákon
adessive bánál báknál
illative bába bákba
sublative bára bákra
allative bához bákhoz
elative bából bákból
delative báról bákról
ablative bától báktól
Possessive forms of bá
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bám báim
2nd person sing. bád báid
3rd person sing. bája bái
1st person plural bánk báink
2nd person plural bátok báitok
3rd person plural bájuk báik

Related terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bá f ‎(genitive singular bá, nominative plural bánna)

  1. (geography) bay
  2. expanse (of sea)
  3. strip (of thatch)
  4. swath
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

bá f ‎(genitive singular bá)

  1. sympathy, liking
Declension
Derived terms
  • báúil ‎(“sympathetic, well-disposed”, adjective)

Etymology 3

Noun

bá m ‎(genitive singular as verbal noun báite, as substantive bá)

  1. verbal noun of báigh
  2. drowning
  3. immersion, inundation
  4. submergence
  5. quenching
  6. (linguistics) elision
Declension
As verbal noun
As substantive
Derived terms

Verb

bá

  1. present subjunctive indicative of báigh
Alternative forms
  • bádha (obsolete)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bá bhá mbá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Mandarin

Romanization

bá (Zhuyin ㄅㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 叐
  2. Pinyin transcription of 坺
  3. Pinyin transcription of 墢
  4. Pinyin transcription of 妭
  5. Pinyin transcription of 抜
  6. Pinyin transcription of 拔
  7. Pinyin transcription of 渿
  8. Pinyin transcription of 炦
  9. Pinyin transcription of 犮
  10. Pinyin transcription of 癭
  11. Pinyin transcription of 秡
  12. Pinyin transcription of 胈
  13. Pinyin transcription of 茇
  14. Pinyin transcription of 菝
  15. Pinyin transcription of 詙
  16. Pinyin transcription of 跋
  17. Pinyin transcription of 軷
  18. Pinyin transcription of 鈸
  19. Pinyin transcription of 钹
  20. Pinyin transcription of 颰
  21. Pinyin transcription of 馛
  22. Pinyin transcription of 魃
  23. Pinyin transcription of 鼥
  24. Pinyin transcription of 㔜

Navajo

Postposition

bá

  1. for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake
  2. in his/her/its/their favor
    bá yáʼátʼééh‎ ― it is good for him/her/it/them
    bá áshłééh‎ ― I’m making it for him/her/it/them

Inflection

Derived terms

Old Irish

Verb

bá

  1. first-person singular preterite absolute of at·tá

·bá

  1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of at·tá
  2. second-person singular preterite conjunct of at·tá

Portuguese

Noun

bá f (plural bás)

  1. Alternative form of babá

Interjection

bá

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise

Tetum

Verb

bá

  1. to go

Adverb

bá

  1. hence

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伯

Noun

bá

  1. (Sino-Vietnamese, only in compound) paternal uncle, father's elder brother
Derived terms
  • bá phụ
  • bá mẫu
  • sư bá

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *paːʔ

Noun

bá

  1. (dialectal) aunt, parent's elder sister
  2. (dialectal) paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Verb

bá

  1. (arms around the neck) to embrace; to hug

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